Category:Catalan terms by usage

Catalan terms categorized by the manner and context in which they are used by speakers.

• Category:Catalan terms with archaic senses: Catalan terms with individual senses that are no longer in general use but still encountered in older literature, sometimes still used for special effect, and typically recognized by native speakers.
• Category:Catalan archaic terms: Catalan terms that are no longer in general use but still encountered in older literature, sometimes still used for special effect, and typically recognized by native speakers.
• Category:Catalan autological terms: Catalan terms that possess the property they themselves describe.
• Category:Catalan childish terms: Catalan terms that are typically only used by, or to, children.
• Category:Catalan colloquialisms: Catalan terms that are likely to be used primarily in casual conversation rather than in more formal written works, speeches, and discourse.
• Category:Catalan dated terms: Catalan terms that are no longer fashionable and thus are anachronistic, but still sometimes in use, especially by older speakers.
• Category:Catalan derogatory terms: Catalan terms that are intended to disparage, demean, insult or offend.
• Category:Catalan dialectal terms: Catalan terms that are not used in standard language but only in dialects.
• Category:Catalan ecclesiastical terms: Catalan terms used only by religious figures.
• Category:Catalan endearing terms: Catalan terms that are used to show affection or endearment to another person.
• Category:Catalan familiar terms: Catalan terms whose use is typically to contexts of friendly intimacy.
• Category:Catalan formal terms: Catalan terms whose use is typically restricted to polite, ceremonious, non-casual contexts.
• Category:Catalan higher register terms: Catalan terms belonging to a higher linguistic register, such as literary terms; such terms are somewhat less common or known.
• Category:Catalan historical terms: Catalan terms that refer to obsolete things or concepts.
• Category:Catalan humorous terms: Catalan terms that are humorous, amusing or joking.
• Category:Catalan informal terms: Catalan terms whose use is typically restricted to casual, non‐ceremonious conversations.
• Category:Catalan nonstandard terms: Catalan terms that are considered improper, incorrect or commonly misused.
• Category:Catalan terms with obsolete senses: Catalan terms with individual senses that are no longer in use and not usually recognized by native speakers, but still sometimes found in older literature.
• Category:Catalan obsolete terms: Catalan terms that are no longer in use and not usually recognized by native speakers, but still sometimes found in older literature.
• Category:Catalan offensive terms: Catalan terms that are typically considered to offend people.
• Category:Catalan poetic terms: Catalan terms whose usage is typically restricted to works of poetry.
• Category:Catalan proscribed terms: Catalan terms whose usage is proscribed; thus, they are considered wrong according to prescriptive sources.
• Category:Catalan terms with rare senses: Catalan terms with individual senses that are rarely found in general use and may not be recognized by some native speakers.
• Category:Catalan rare terms: Catalan terms that are rarely found in general use and may not be recognized by some native speakers.
• Category:Catalan royal terms: Catalan terms used only by royalty.
• Category:Catalan short forms: Catalan terms that are short forms of other terms, often used informally.
• Category:Catalan slang: Catalan colloquial terms that are typically used to mark membership in a cultural subgroup.
• Category:Catalan superseded forms: Catalan forms that have been superseded by other forms due to changes in spelling conventions.
• Category:Catalan technical terms: Catalan terms that are usually or exclusively used in technical/scientific writing.
• Category:Catalan terms with historical senses: Catalan terms with senses that refer to things or concepts mainly known for their historical value.
• Category:Catalan trademarks: Catalan terms that identify legal entities, their products and services, by means of legal protection — to some extent, in a number of jurisdictions — against unauthorized use of the terms.
• Category:Catalan terms with uncommon senses: Catalan terms with individual senses that are in general use but not common.
• Category:Catalan vulgarities: Catalan terms whose tone (rather than the meaning) is offensive to polite company.